McCully, who had been slated to face dos Santos, was not sure why his original opponent was pulled from the bout, and MMAjunkie.com was not immediately able to reach the Brazilian for comment.

McCully most recently fought in a December 2008 win over Eddie Sanchez at UFC Fight Night 16. The 12-year veteran has won five of his past six contests, the lone loss coming by submission to Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 86 in July 2008.

Prior to the Gonzaga loss, McCully had earned a unanimous-decision win over Antoni Hardonk in April 2007, his first appearance for the UFC.

Russow will come to the UFC on a seven-fight win streak after losing for the first time in his career to Sergei Kharitonov in February 2007 under the PRIDE banner.

The 32-year-old has earned stoppage wins in all seven of the bouts in his current streak, including six wins by submission.

Russow was originally slated to fight UFC newcomer Todd Duffee on the UFC 102 card, but as we reported earlier today, Duffee will instead fight Tim Hague.

With the changes to the card, UFC 102 now includes:

MAIN CARD

Randy Couture vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

Keith Jardine vs. Thiago Silva

Chris Leben vs. Jake Rosholt

Demian Maia vs. Nate Marquardt

Matt Hamill vs. Brandon Vera

PRELIMINARY CARD

Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Chris Tuchscherer

Wilson Gouveia vs. James Irvin

Justin McCully vs. Mike Russow

Todd Duffee vs. Tim Hague

Nick Catone vs. Mark Munoz

Evan Dunham vs. Matt Veach

For complete coverage of UFC 102, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.

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